I'll See Her There

Post by Isabella-

This weekend was fun and kinda different for me. I don't spend a lot of my time going to Wizard Rock concerts that are out of my way. We drove to Oklahoma City on Saturday, checked into a hotel then had about an hour to waste until the concert.

We grabbed some food on the way to the show. If I remember correctly, this was the line up: Jason Munday, Mike Lombardo, Luke Conard (Kristina was sick so no ALL CAPS, but Luke was still good) and Alex Carpenter. Jason's set was good. Mike sang with him for a song which was amazing. Alex and Mike had a lightsaber battle during one of Jason's songs. This was the first time I had seen Mike Lombardo live and I have to say that it was awesome. I also loved his tree tattoo which I didn't notice until after the show when Lucy or someone asked him about it. Luke played a mixture of ALL CAPS and his music. During "Summer of '09" (which he obviously didn't intend to do, but the crowd--cheered on by Alex--peer pressured him into doing it), Luke mostly had the audience sing on Kristina's parts. I really don't know what else to say about Luke's set. He's always good. Alex wrapped up the show. I noticed he's really good with the audience which I think is great. I wish he would have just accepted the "wooooo"s and hand waving without question. But he got a lot of grown people howling instead which is always good for a laugh, I guess. After the concert people got hugs and photos (of course I took the photos and stood awkwardly to the side, like always) and bought merch. I ended up picking up the ALL CAPS CD "Lowercase." It has a lot of songs I've already heard on it, but I'm glad I bought it. I already have one of their other CDs. Oh, and Alex gave my little group a "mission" for the show on Sunday.

After the concert, we went to bricktown and bought tickets for a showing of the HP movie. We had some time before the show so we walked around and stopped at Sonic. Then the movie. I cried. Of course. But there was this family with a lot of children in the theater so that kind of took away from the emotional aspect--you know since they were yelling at each other in Spanish and running around. Then we went back to the hotel and went to bed.

Sunday--
We ate breakfast at the hotel and relaxed until check out time. Then we had lunch at Chili's before going to see X-Men First Class. Okay, the dork in me really (x10) wants to nerd out about this movie since it was the first time I've seen it, but I'll just say that it was good, but it doesn't stand up to the other movies and comics as far as story lines go. Okay. Back to the other stuff. We went to the mall. I found a Ravenclaw-esk blouse and a Hunger Games shirt. Then we had dinner before heading to the other show.

Tonks and the Aurors played first. It was a good show. I've seen Steph three times so far so obviously I like her music. Of course, she broke a string on her guitar. She was sweet and I loved her merch. I wish I could have bought some, but I got distracted by other merch. After Steph was Justin Finch-Fletchly and the Sugar Quills. I liked his show. I hadn't really heard a lot of his music before, but I really liked it. Of course, he broke a string on his guitar. I signed up for his e-mail list and bought a button. I liked his stuff (and he was kinda cute...don't judge me), but I think I'll wait to buy any of his music. Then, ah, was Lauren Fairweather. Now, I've only heard of one of her songs before this show. But she had Lucy crying...twice. And I absolutely loved her stuff. I ended up buying Devil's Snare. I was considering buying a copy of her Snape/Lily album even though Lucy already has it. I decided that Devil's Snare was a better option since I wanted "Post-Potter Depression," "I'm Going to Hogwarts," and "Nerdfighterlike." Of course, Lauren did not break any strings on her guitar. Then came the mission: Matt Maggiacomo. After last night's show, Alex had given my group the mission to do the "woooooo" *hand motions* every time someone claps and shouts for Matt. So that's what we did. You could tell he was super freaked out for the first part of his set, but after a while he just kind of accepted it. Which meant that he didn't ever ask what it was about. So, after the show we shoved Lucy at Matt to explain what it was about. Of course, Matt broke a string on his guitar. (They should really rename their show the "Broken Strings Tour.") After the show, we bought merch and got hugs and high fives. And by we "...got hugs and high fives" I mean they got hugs and high fives while I took the pics and stood to the side awkwardly. But I did have a good talk with Lauren for a while.

Then we drove back to Tulsa. I got home and pretty much crashed. It was a good, but kind of long weekend. I'm not usually the "follow bands around and go to several shows in a few days" kind of person. I was kinda forced to go to these shows, but I don't regret it. I love these musicians and it was great. I just don't like the idea of going way out of my way for shows. Of course, wrockstock was different. I don't know. A few kids who were at the show last night had gone to all of the JFF (and Co.) shows that were in the state or from the past month. Or something. I don't remember. I just think that's borderline obsessive and kinda creepy. I like all these bands, don't get me wrong. I just don't have any kind of obsession towards them or their music. Ehh. *shrugs shoulder* It was a good weekend for the most part. It got me more music and merch which I always like.

Note: The title comes from the song "I'll See Her There" by Jason Munday ft. Mike Lombardo. That song was so good live this weekend. I hadn't been exposed to a lot of Mike Lombardo's music before, but I have to say that his voice is so pretty.